Top 5 Indie bands in ireland???

punk_one82

The Blizzards!

Lands Leaving

Xavi6 wrote: »

2 years and 6 pages in and no ones mentioned Berkeley? Shame on you all.

Are they still around? thought they broke up?

oh and +1 whoever said super extra bonus party.

ThousandLeaves

Off the top of my head...

Adebisi Shank (no mention so far, really brilliant)
The Redneck Manifesto
The Jimmy Cake
We Are Knives
Boxes

Estel too, but not quite as good as those 5.

Most of the really interesting bands around at the moment are instrumental, not sure why that is.

ThousandLeaves

Actually not sure if Boxes are still active, haven't heard any news of them in a while. Anyone have any info?

Xavi6

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Are they still around? thought they broke up?

Nope gonna be recording another album next year I think. The 'In Moments' album was brilliant.

Their song 'Here At Last' featured on the closing credits to the Premiership last season thanks to me.

monkey9

The new album by A Lazarus Soul is pretty good

Stereomaniac

1. giveamanakick
2. Sticky Digit
3. Gigotos
4. Twenty Percent Dead
5. Teratoria

stateofflux

monkey9 wrote: »

The new album by A Lazarus Soul is pretty good

i have to i say like the songs i heard from this band because unlike all the other faction crap (bar humanzi)....there is a bit of honesty in the tunes...all that director, immediate, rags 80's revivalism nme copy ****e is so unorignal and contrived...

top 5...

dc pakt
the things
humanzi
jinx lennon
god is an astronaut...

Bren_M.Records

Im gonna go for the band Im involved with as THE top Irish indie band of 2007Not only have we delivered one of the finest Irish albums in years but we did it ourselves, ie. without a manager or a label.
Just the band, their live sound engineer and the mate who's gaff they use to practice.
Hell, were that "indie" no one even bought the feckin album, beat that!
Bands name is Hybrasil by the way.

SligoBrewer

Delorentos would be in the top spot for me atm.

The Blizzards.
Jape.

Bren_M.Records

Ye can check out some of the Hybrasil stuff here...........

www.myspace.com/manazorecords

We tried to make it look like there was/is a real record label (which in many respects there is) so people would think we were more "professional" for the want of a better word and thus might be more inclined to buy into it.

Brian Capture

Bren_M.Records wrote: »

Ye can check out some of the Hybrasil stuff here...........

www.myspace.com/manazorecords

We tried to make it look like there was/is a real record label (which in many respects there is) so people would think we were more "professional" for the want of a better word and thus might be more inclined to buy into it.

BREN X FM?

orourkeda

Quite simply the best band on the planet.

If there was any justice in the world they would be global superstars of monstrous proportions

They went up in my estimation after managing to put in a performance after following Paddy Dracula on stage in Whelans about 6\7 years ago. Superb stuff.


(P.S Bring back XFM and somebody please tell Jack Hyland that he needs to change his playlist. That Kings of Leon song where your man keeps screaming is doing my head in)

Bren_M.Records

Brian Capture wrote: »

BREN X FM?

Afraid not mate, Iv got the broadest Wicklaa' accent youv ever heard and as such no individual or organisation in their right mind would ever let me on the air waves!

yevveh

No order, and yes slightly more than 5:

Adebisi Shank
Vimanas
Terrordactyl
Ten Past Seven
FKOS
mike got spiked (even though they're pretty much Americanos now)

Well, this changes AT LEAST four times a year, so....

My favourites at the moment:
No way a top 5. Things are looking really good at the moment. While the bands listed below might not make it commercially, I don't care. I think they're incredible.


Sea Area Forcast - New band from Cork - http://www.myspace.com/seaareaforecast

We Are Knives - Belfast? - http://www.myspace.com/theweareknivestrio

The Amazing Few - Dublin - http://www.myspace.com/theamazingfew

SuperBrain - Belfast -
http://www.myspace.com/superbrainuk

Meursalt - Dublin - http://www.myspace.com/meursaultneil

The Grace Jones -
Crazy "band" from Belfast. The two members haven't seen each other since '98! So a live show is a bit away
http://www.myspace.com/thegracejones

Not a band, But Enda DeRoad rocks - http://www.myspace.com/endaderoad -A truly gifted musician

Red Organ Serpent Sound - Derry - played with them in Warrenpoint.
They were incredible. One of the loudest bands I have ever seen! -
http://www.myspace.com/redorganserpentsound

Sarah Red - One of the most incredible voices in this country - http://www.myspace.com/sarahredmusic

James Guilmartin - Check out the demo of "Wise Up" - http://www.myspace.com/jamesguilmartin

And last but not least
New Secret Weapon. These guys are class. Great musicians, tight as can be, and really interesting to watch -
http://www.myspace.com/newsecretweapon

ShoulderChip

Saviours of Space
http://www.myspace.com/savioursofspace

ridonkulous

Humanzi
Red Kid
Fight Like Apes
The Rags
The Looks

All the above are unbeliavable live especially Humanzi who stole the show when the foos played the point about a year ago. Red Kid are the ones i'd look out for, unbeliavably talented and have some great tunes. Their myspace is definitely worth a look. The looks are another band on the up, they've done a few gigs around Ireland and the UK, well worth checkin out also.

Bren_M.Records

These guys contacted me on myspace on thursday.
The version of "Running With Scissors" they have up now is an album version I reckon (about a minute to long for radio and the intro needs to be cut) but a fantastic track none the less, really powerful.
Check them out and see what you think..........

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=149473787

princess-sprkle

hybrazil are pretty class. still formulating my top 5

Bren_M.Records

princess-sprkle wrote: »

hybrazil are pretty class. still formulating my top 5

Missus................I like your taste in music!

sprinkles

Emily (check these out if you haven't heard them already!!! sadly the band is no more:( )
God is an astronaut
Dirty Epics
Betamax Format
The Minutes

magpie

Dark Room Notes
Hybrasil
Dry County
Sickboy
Halves

smackbunnybaby

Hooray for Humans
Cars in Walls
Rest
Martin Finke
Moonmen FC

gharood

Chris Doran

marshmallow

sprinkles wrote: »

Emily (check these out if you haven't heard them already!!! sadly the band is no more:( )

I LOVE Emily!!! Although, they aren't really indie! They're punk/rock.

marshmallow

The Coronas
The Blizzards
BellX1
Republic of Loose
Director

ShoulderChip

marshmallow wrote: »

The Coronas
The Blizzards
BellX1
Republic of Loose
Director

You forgot Saviours of Space, a good band compared to the rest.

Pat D. Almighty

Hassle Merchants
Fifteen Minutes
Hot Sprockets
The Minutes
Fight Like Apes

rain on

not so much indie in music terms, but in terms of DIY, I was going through some of my old CDs at my parents house there before Christmas and coming across lots of good Irish stuff.. anyone who's into We Are Knives should check out Hornby's old band Somedaysbetter. The Killing Spree were also deadly, and the Kabinboy, My Name Is Satan (may have mentioned them earlier), Knifed, The Naut, Fuktifino were all really good bands too.

In music indie non-DIY terms, about the only band I like are the Delorentos, they're great.